Ukraine latest as Russia marks Victory Day, with Vladimir Putin condemning the West for planning, he says, "the invasion of our land"; evacuees rescued from Mariupol's Azovstal arrive in Ukrainian-held territory. Pat was joined on the by Olga Tokariuk   Independent Journalist in Ukraine and also Neil Robinson, Professor of Politics at the University of Limerick specialist on Russia.

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